Tag: Salvation

Sermon Songs: Ephesians 1:16-19

On By BrianIn Ephesians Hymns

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Open our eyes that we might see
Our hearts to really know
Your great blessings so vast and free
That from Christ ever flow

To know our glor’ous God above
Our hope in this dark night
His wonderful amazing love
The power of His might

To know these wonders of Your grace
And in them ever live
And offering unceasing praise
Our thanks to You we give

(To the tune of “O God Our Help In Ages Past”)

Doctrine Collection

On By BrianIn Doctrine Collection

Here are some good posts on doctrine:

Doctrine Matters: Eternal Life Depends Upon It – Kevin DeYoung
Christianity is much more than getting your doctrine right.  But it is not less.

Take a Quiz on Christ – Tim Challies
How well do you know what the Bible teaches us about Jesus?

Your Highest Privilege – Tim Challies
Of all the privileges that are ours through the gospel, which is the greatest? According to many theologians, there is no privilege higher than adoption.

Sermon Songs: Ephesians 1:11-14

On By BrianIn Ephesians Hymns

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We have a rich inheritance
Dwelling with God in His presence
From sin and death a great release
A kingdom of great joy and peace

Predestined by the Father’s will
In union with our Savior still
And sealed by the Holy Spirit
Given as our sure deposit

So now believe and enter in
Proclaim salvation from our sin
Cling to your hope in life’s distress
Our Triune God forever bless

(To the tune of the Doxology)

Undoing That Foul Revolt

On By BrianIn PASSION Quotes

PursuitofGodThe whole work of God in redemption is to undo the tragic effects of that foul revolt, and to bring us back again into right and eternal relationship with Himself. This requires that our sins be disposed of satisfactorily, that a full reconciliation be effected and the way opened for us to return again into conscious communion with God and to live again in the Presence as before.

– A. W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God

Sermon Songs: Ephesians 1:7-8

On By BrianIn Ephesians Hymns

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In Christ we have great redemption
Freed from our just condemnation
He died to pay for all my sin
My trespasses all forgiven

Behold the riches of his grace
His salvation with faith embrace
Leave all your sin and guilt behind
Your heart in praise to God inclined

(To the tune of the Doxology)

Sermon Songs: Ephesians 1:4-6

On By BrianIn Ephesians Hymns

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Chosen in Christ to be holy
Predestined his children to be
According to the Father’s will
His grace he offers to us still

So enter in and now believe
His saving blessings to receive
Live as his child – blameless, holy
In awe give him all the glory

(To the tune of the Doxology)

Consider His Victory

On By BrianIn Book of Isaiah

Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him;
he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
– Isaiah 53:10-12

Consider Jesus Our Savior. Consider his victory. Jesus rose victoriously. It is not stated in so many words in these verses, but is everywhere implied. After he has made an offering for guilt (by dying), he yet will see his offspring, his days will be prolonged, and the will of God will prosper in his hands (v10). Again, he will see and be satisfied (v11). And then he will receive the victor’s prize in v12. All of these things require his resurrection in order to happen in any realistic meaningful way.

And yet his victory is not simply found in his resurrection, but in what he accomplished through his death and resurrection:

  • By making an offering for guilt, he brings about an offspring (v10), a people for God who have had their sins paid for so that they might have a relationship with God.
  • By his perfectly righteous life, death, and resurrection, he makes God’s people to be accounted righteous (v11), so that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • He intercedes on our behalf (v12), through his payment of sin on the cross, and now in heaven, so that no accusation of the devil against us can stand.
  • Finally, he conquered death and lives forevermore (v10), that in Christ we too might have the sure hope of our own resurrection someday through him.

Consider Jesus our Savior. Consider his victory in his resurrection and for our salvation.

Father, thank you for the good news of the resurrection of Jesus.
May we live in gratitude and hope as we ponder the many saving benefits
of your salvation purchased for us.